Term
System
The voice an immortal hears after death, when they have no body. It plays their life backward to birth and decides where to create the new body. It sometimes grants a clearly stated wish.
The Gift of the Gods: Invasion, Alexander Shuravin
Explained in
- The Gift of the Gods: Invasion, Alexander Shuravin
- Thinking in Systems: A Primer, Donella Meadows
Parts that are connected to each other and together work toward some purpose: a team, a company, a forest, the human body. As the author defines it, a system has elements, connections and a purpose.